How do judges decide? : the search for fairness and justice in punishment /
Spohn, Cassia.
How do judges decide? : the search for fairness and justice in punishment / Cassia C. Spohn. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2002. - xii, 340 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.
The goals of sentencing -- Sentencing options and the sentencing process -- How do judges decide? -- Sentencing disparity and discrimination -- Sentencing disparity and discrimination -- 30 years of sentencing reform -- The impact of the sentencing reform movement.
0761987606 (alk. paper)
Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.
Punishment--United States.
Judicial process--United States.
How do judges decide? : the search for fairness and justice in punishment / Cassia C. Spohn. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2002. - xii, 340 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.
The goals of sentencing -- Sentencing options and the sentencing process -- How do judges decide? -- Sentencing disparity and discrimination -- Sentencing disparity and discrimination -- 30 years of sentencing reform -- The impact of the sentencing reform movement.
0761987606 (alk. paper)
Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.
Punishment--United States.
Judicial process--United States.